In Riposte To A Journalist’s Outrage At Sanskrit Being Uttered In Our Nation’s Parliamen
Late yesterday evening, I noticed something strange on Twitter. ‘Sanskrit’ was trending – in New Zealand. Finding this rather unexpected,…
Curwen Rolinson
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On Rational Economic Decision-Making In The Age Of Covid-19 Following Our Latest Community Transmission
Earlier this week, we had ourselves some chilling news. A new case of Covid-19 community transmission – without a clear link to a quarantine or isolation facility. Worse, it turned out that the worker in question had gone to work whilst infectious.
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Trump’s Pinochet Moment ?
Something which occurred to me in light of the American Presidential electoral results … is that Trump is having a Pinochet moment.
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Trump’s “Stab In The Back”
So here’s what’s going to happen. Assuming there’s not some sudden eleventh hour reversal with the count … the Trumps and the Trump wing of the Republican Party are going to find themselves escalatingly high-and-dry with regard to the rest of their own party.
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Why Fox News And Right Wing Brits Are Scrambling To Declare New Zealand A Fascist Failure On Covid-19
Why is New Zealand’s pandemic response (as of a few months ago, might I add) being blasted across Fox News in the US and presented as some sort of dystopian totalitarian FEMA internment camp ridden nightmare?
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The Team of Five Million Becomes Team Leviathan – On The Impending Coronation Of Our First MMP Monarch
the net impact is that our upcoming Election has been transformed from a potentially fraught democratic contest between two major blocs … into an effective coronation.
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On Judith Collins’ Curious Posturing At Her Rendezvous With The Other JC
A wise man once noted that the essence of successful political presentation was authenticity. Once you could fake that, you’d got it made.
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Where NZ First Went Wrong
Last night’s Reid Research poll – coming as it does upon the heel of last week’s Colmar Brunton and seeming to confirm the party’s down in the margin-of-error thickets of circa two percent – should be worrying for them.
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Sanctifying The Sub-Cluster – What Needs Now To Happen Following Mt Roskill Evangelical Church Covid-19 Outbreak
Like many New Zealanders, I felt that the news coming through yesterday that some “science-disbelieving” Evangelical church had produced itself a sub-cluster of Covid-19 seemed a cold slap in the face.
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Singapore’s Recognition Of Success Of NZ Covid-19 Response Shows How Well We’re Really Doing
On Friday, Singapore made an announcement – New Zealanders heading there would no longer be required to self-isolate for 14 days upon arrival. Instead, Kiwis will simply be given a Covid-19 test and assuming it’s negative, they’ll be allowed to go on their way.